Ted Season 2 to Premiere in March 2026 on Peacock
Peacock has announced that all eight episodes of Seth MacFarlane’s Ted Season 2 will premiere on March 5, 2026. New photos from the live-action comedy prequel were also released.
“We’ve made a second season of our show, Ted, which we are excited to share with you. The episodes represent the hard work of our fellow writers, gifted actors, and talented crew, including the visual effects team who bring the character of Ted so convincingly to life,” said executive producers, writers, and showrunners Seth MacFarlane, Paul Corrigan, and Brad Walsh.
They added, “We hope you enjoy these eight somewhat filthy, hopefully funny, heartfelt episodes about a young man, his talking teddy bear, and their highly dysfunctional family. On the off-chance the series is not your cup of tea, a great way to get us back is to leave all the episodes playing to completion on multiple devices throughout the house. That’ll show us.
The hit comedic prequel series to the Ted films finds us in the ’90s, and Ted the bear’s (Seth MacFarlane) moment of fame has passed.
Ted is now living back home in Framingham, Massachusetts, with his best friend, 17-year-old John Bennett (Max Burkholder), along with John’s parents, Matty and Susan (Scott Grimes and Alanna Ubach), and cousin Blaire (Giorgia Whigham). Ted may be a lousy influence on John, but at the end of the day, he’s a loyal pal who’s always willing to go out on a limb for friendship.
Following its January 11, 2024, launch, season one of Ted broke records as Peacock’s most-watched original title and was the #1 Original Streaming Comedy in the U.S. for more than two consecutive months (per Nielsen). The series was also a global hit, becoming the biggest U.S. comedy launch on Sky in the UK in 15 years.
In addition to the live-action prequel series, Peacock is expanding the Ted universe with the upcoming Ted: The Animated Series (working title), which will pick up where the Ted films left off and will feature Seth MacFarlane, Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, Jessica Barth, Kyle Mooney, and Liz Richman voicing the roles.
Both series are produced by UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, Fuzzy Door, and MRC, the latter of which also produced the original Ted films.
Ted Season 2 is officially described as follows: “It’s 1994, and senior year of high school is underway for Ted the foul-mouthed teddy bear and his best friend, likable but awkward John Bennett. Together they live in a working-class Boston home with John’s parents (Matty and Susan) and cousin (Blaire).
“Matty is a blustering, blue-collar Bostonian who sees himself as the unequivocal boss of the house and doesn’t like anyone challenging him, particularly his liberal-minded niece. Susan is kind, selfless, and almost pathologically sweet when it comes to caring for her family. Blaire is an outspoken college student who often finds herself at odds with her more traditional-minded relatives.”
